Discovery Layers and the Distance Student: Online Search Habits of Students

Journal of Library and Information Services in Distance Learning

Volumn 7, Issue 1-2, 2013, Pages 18-39

  Mussell, Jessica ^a   Croft, Rosie ^a  

^a ROYAL ROADS UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

academic libraries; discovery layers; distance education; information literacy; information seeking behaviour; post secondary education; return on investment; Summon

Indexed keywords

EID: 84897364611     PISSN: 1533290X     EISSN: 15332918     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/1533290X.2012.705561     Document Type: Article

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